The Sultans Fund

Registered charity 266359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Not for PublicKnowledge

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REGIMENT OR OF ANY OF THE UNITS FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE REGIMENT. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE SEE CLAUSE 23 OF THE DECLARATION OF TRUST).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income
£514k
Latest spending
£398k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £768,638.07, an increase from the previous year's £628,369.64, driven largely by investment revaluations. The Managing Trustee's report explicitly states that financial reserves are 'Nil' and no reserves policy is stated. The charity generated total incoming resources of £514,228.50 against total expenditure of £397,619.90, resulting in a surplus for the period.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“No individual employee received a salary of over £60000.00” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £769k; policy: Nil)
“Financial reserves I Nil” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£514k
Total spending
£398k
Cost of raising funds
£332k
Reserves (reported)
£628k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~19.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 64.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£514k£398k
31/03/2024£134k£80k
31/03/2023£26k£12k
31/03/2022£52k£148k
31/10/2020£43k£63k

Common questions

Is The Sultans Fund financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £768,638.07, an increase from the previous year's £628,369.64, driven largely by investment revaluations. The Managing Trustee's report explicitly states that financial reserves are 'Nil' and no reserves policy is stated. The charity generated total incoming resources of £514,228.50 against total expenditure of £397,619.90, resulting in a surplus for the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of The Sultans Fund earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1692.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Sultans Fund£514kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
1692 FY2025£462k—0within—no doubt
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£124k—0unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
As-Siraj Trust FY2025£807k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.